Bible Quiz – Psalm 139: True
or False
Psalm 139 is a beautiful and
deeply personal psalm about God’s complete knowledge of us, His constant
presence, His wonderful creation of human life, and His righteous judgment.
David reflects on the fact that God knows his thoughts, words, movements, and
even the deepest parts of his heart.
This True or False Bible
Quiz covers all 24 verses of Psalm 139, giving you an opportunity to
test your knowledge while reflecting on the character of God.
How well do you know Psalm
139? Let’s find out!
Instructions
1. Read
each statement carefully.
2. Decide
whether the statement is True or False.
3. Try
to answer all 24 questions before checking the answer section.
4. Each
question corresponds to a verse in Psalm 139.
5. The answers,
Bible references, and brief explanations are provided after the quiz.
6. The
references identify the verse without reproducing the verse itself.
Psalm 139 – True or False
Quiz
1. True or False?
The psalmist says that God
has searched him and knows him.
2. True or False?
The psalmist says that God
knows when he sits down and when he rises up.
3. True or False?
The psalmist says that God
is completely unaware of his ways.
4. True or False?
The psalmist says that God
knows his words before they are spoken.
5. True or False?
The psalmist describes God
as being behind him and before him.
6. True or False?
The psalmist says that he
can escape from God's Spirit by traveling to another place.
7. True or False?
The psalmist says that even
darkness cannot hide him from God.
8. True or False?
The psalmist says that
darkness and light are essentially the same to God.
9. True or False?
The psalmist acknowledges
that God formed his inward parts.
10. True or False?
The psalmist says that he
was created without God's involvement.
11. True or False?
The psalmist describes
himself as wonderfully made.
12. True or False?
The psalmist says that God's
works are wonderful.
13. True or False?
The psalmist says that God
did not see him while he was being formed in secret.
14. True or False?
The psalmist says that all
his days were known by God before they came to be.
15. True or False?
The psalmist describes God's
thoughts toward him as precious and numerous.
16. True or False?
The psalmist says that he
could count all of God's thoughts toward him easily because they were very few.
17. True or False?
The psalmist compares the
number of God's thoughts toward him with the number of grains of sand.
18. True or False?
The psalmist says that when
he awakens, he is still with God.
19. True or False?
The psalmist expresses
hatred toward those who hate God.
20. True or False?
The psalmist considers God's
enemies to be his own friends.
21. True or False?
The psalmist asks God to
search him and know his heart.
22. True or False?
The psalmist asks God to
test him and know his anxious thoughts.
23. True or False?
The psalmist asks God to
identify any offensive or wicked way within him.
24. True or False?
The psalmist ends by asking
God to lead him in the everlasting way.
Answers, References &
Explanations
1. True
Reference: Psalm 139:1
The psalm begins with David acknowledging God's searching and complete knowledge
of him.
2. True
Reference: Psalm 139:2
David recognizes that God knows his ordinary movements, including sitting and
rising.
3. False
Reference: Psalm 139:3
David says that God is acquainted with all his ways. God knows his path rather
than being unaware of it.
4. True
Reference: Psalm 139:4
David acknowledges God's knowledge of his words even before they are spoken.
5. True
Reference: Psalm 139:5
David describes God's presence surrounding him, both behind and before him.
6. False
Reference: Psalm 139:6–7
David asks where he could go from God's Spirit. The point is that God's
presence cannot be escaped.
7. True
Reference: Psalm 139:12
Even darkness does not conceal a person from God.
8. True
Reference: Psalm 139:12
The psalm emphasizes that darkness and light are alike before God because
nothing is hidden from Him.
9. True
Reference: Psalm 139:13
David recognizes God as the One who formed his inward parts.
10. False
Reference: Psalm 139:13–14
David gives God credit for forming and creating him wonderfully.
11. True
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David declares that he is wonderfully made.
12. True
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David responds with worship because God's works are wonderful.
13. False
Reference: Psalm 139:15
David says that God saw him even when he was being formed secretly.
14. True
Reference: Psalm 139:16
David says that God saw his unformed substance and that his days were written
and known beforehand.
15. True
Reference: Psalm 139:17
David describes God's thoughts toward him as precious.
16. False
Reference: Psalm 139:17–18
David emphasizes that God's thoughts are extraordinarily numerous, not few.
17. True
Reference: Psalm 139:18
David compares the number of God's thoughts with the vast number of grains of
sand.
18. True
Reference: Psalm 139:18
David says that when he awakens, he is still with God.
19. True
Reference: Psalm 139:21
David expresses strong opposition toward those who hate God.
20. False
Reference: Psalm 139:21–22
David does not regard God's enemies as his friends; he expresses hatred toward
those who rise up against God.
21. True
Reference: Psalm 139:23
David invites God to search him and know his heart.
22. True
Reference: Psalm 139:23
David asks God to test him and know his thoughts.
23. True
Reference: Psalm 139:24
David asks God to see whether there is any grievous or offensive way in him.
24. True
Reference: Psalm 139:24
The psalm closes with David asking God to lead him in the everlasting way.
Short Reflection – God Knows
Me Completely
Psalm 139 reminds us that nothing
about us is hidden from God. He knows our actions, words, thoughts,
struggles, and desires. He knows us not merely from a distance but with
intimate understanding.
That truth can be both
comforting and challenging.
It is comforting because we
never have to wonder whether God understands us. When others misunderstand us,
God knows us completely. When we feel alone, His presence remains with us. Even
the darkest circumstances cannot separate us from Him.
But God's complete knowledge
also calls us to honesty. We cannot hide our hearts from Him. David therefore
ends the psalm not by running from God's searching presence, but by inviting
God to examine him and lead him.
A good prayer for today is:
“Lord, search my heart. Show
me anything that does not please You, and lead me in Your everlasting way.”
May Psalm 139 encourage us
to live with greater confidence in God's presence, gratitude for His
creation, and honesty before Him.
How did you score on this
Psalm 139 True or False Quiz?
Share this quiz with a
friend or fellow Bible student and challenge them to see how well they know
Psalm 139. And don’t stop with the quiz—take a few moments today to read the
entire psalm prayerfully and let its message speak to your heart. ❤️
Keep learning, keep
studying, and keep growing in God's Word!
Bible Quiz – Psalm 139: True
or False — Level 2
Welcome to Level 2 of the
Psalm 139 True or False Bible Quiz!
If you completed Level 1,
you already know the basic facts of Psalm 139. This round goes a little deeper.
The statements are designed to test your careful reading, understanding, and
attention to details throughout the entire psalm.
This quiz again covers all
24 verses of Psalm 139, with one statement based on each verse.
Ready for a deeper
challenge? Let’s begin!
Instructions
1. Read
each statement carefully.
2. Decide
whether it is True or False.
3. Try
to answer all 24 questions before looking at the answers.
4. Each
question corresponds to a verse in Psalm 139.
5. The answers,
references, and brief explanations appear after the quiz.
6. The
references identify the relevant verse without reproducing the verse.
Psalm 139 – Level 2 True or
False Quiz
1. True or False?
David begins Psalm 139 by
acknowledging that God has searched him and knows him.
2. True or False?
David says that God knows
his sitting down but does not know when he rises.
3. True or False?
David says that God
understands his thoughts from far away.
4. True or False?
David says that God only
knows the words he speaks after they have been spoken.
5. True or False?
David describes God's
presence as surrounding him completely.
6. True or False?
David says that God's
knowledge is so wonderful that it is beyond his ability to fully attain.
7. True or False?
David asks where he could go
to escape from God's Spirit or flee from His presence.
8. True or False?
David suggests that going to
heaven would place him outside God's presence.
9. True or False?
David says that even if he
made his bed in the depths, God would still be there.
10. True or False?
David says that he could
flee to the farthest part of the sea and finally escape God's hand.
11. True or False?
David says that God's hand
would lead him and His right hand would hold him.
12. True or False?
David says that darkness
could completely conceal him from God.
13. True or False?
David says that God formed
his inward parts and covered him in his mother's womb.
14. True or False?
David praises God because he
was fearfully and wonderfully made.
15. True or False?
David says that his soul
knows very little about the wonderful works of God.
16. True or False?
David says that God saw his
unformed substance.
17. True or False?
David says that his days
were written in God's book before any of them came to be.
18. True or False?
David describes God's
thoughts toward him as precious and says they are extremely numerous.
19. True or False?
David says that God's
thoughts toward him are fewer than the grains of sand.
20. True or False?
David says that when he
awakens, he is still with God.
21. True or False?
David asks God to destroy
wicked people because he considers them to be his enemies.
22. True or False?
David says that those who
hate God are also people whom he loves as close friends.
23. True or False?
David asks God to search
him, know his heart, and test his thoughts.
24. True or False?
David asks God to lead him
in the everlasting way.
Answers, References &
Explanations
1. True
Reference: Psalm 139:1
David begins by recognizing God's personal and complete knowledge of him.
2. False
Reference: Psalm 139:2
David says that God knows both when he sits and when he rises.
3. True
Reference: Psalm 139:2
David acknowledges that God understands his thoughts even from afar.
4. False
Reference: Psalm 139:4
God knows David's words before they are spoken.
5. True
Reference: Psalm 139:5
David describes God's surrounding presence and His hand upon him.
6. True
Reference: Psalm 139:6
David considers God's knowledge wonderful and beyond his full comprehension.
7. True
Reference: Psalm 139:7
David asks where he could go from God's Spirit or flee from His presence.
8. False
Reference: Psalm 139:8
David says that even heaven is within God's presence.
9. True
Reference: Psalm 139:8
David says that even in the depths, God would be present.
10. False
Reference: Psalm 139:9–10
Even at the farthest part of the sea, God's hand would lead him and His right
hand would hold him.
11. True
Reference: Psalm 139:10
David describes God's hand leading him and His right hand holding him.
12. False
Reference: Psalm 139:11–12
David considers whether darkness could hide him, but concludes that darkness is
not dark to God.
13. True
Reference: Psalm 139:13
David recognizes God's role in forming his inward parts and his development in
the womb.
14. True
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David praises God because he has been wonderfully made.
15. False
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David says that his soul knows this truth very well; he praises God for His
wonderful works.
16. True
Reference: Psalm 139:15
David says that God saw him while he was being formed in secret.
17. True
Reference: Psalm 139:16
David says that his days were written in God's book before they came to be.
18. True
Reference: Psalm 139:17
David describes God's thoughts as precious and emphasizes their great number.
19. False
Reference: Psalm 139:18
David compares the number of God's thoughts with the grains of sand, showing
that they are beyond counting.
20. True
Reference: Psalm 139:18
David says that even when he awakens, he remains with God.
21. True
Reference: Psalm 139:19
David turns toward God's justice and speaks of the fate of the wicked.
22. False
Reference: Psalm 139:21–22
David expresses strong opposition toward those who hate God and regard
themselves as his enemies.
23. True
Reference: Psalm 139:23
David invites God to search his heart and examine his thoughts.
24. True
Reference: Psalm 139:24
David asks God to identify any grievous way in him and lead him in the
everlasting way.
Short Reflection – Known,
Seen, and Led by God
Psalm 139 gives us a
powerful picture of God's relationship with His people. He knows us
completely, He is always present with us, He created us wonderfully, and He
desires to lead us.
There is nowhere we can go
where God is absent. There is no darkness that can hide us from Him. There is
no stage of our life that He did not see. And there is no hidden thought in our
hearts that is unknown to Him.
Yet David does not respond
to this knowledge with fear alone. He responds by inviting God to search his
heart.
That is an important lesson
for us. We do not need to pretend before God. We can come honestly, allowing
Him to reveal what needs to change and trusting Him to lead us in the right
path.
God knows us completely—and
He still invites us to walk with Him.
A Thought to Remember
“The God who knows
everything about me is also the God who can lead me into His everlasting way.”
Short Call-to-Action
Did you find Level 2 more
challenging than Level 1?
Share this quiz with a
friend, family member, or Bible study group and see who can get the highest
score! Then read Psalm 139 again and discover even more about God's
knowledge, presence, creation, and guidance.
Keep studying God's Word,
keep asking questions, and keep growing in faith! ❤️
Bible Quiz – Psalm 139: True
or False — Level 3
Welcome to Level 3 of the
Psalm 139 True or False Bible Quiz!
This is the advanced
round. The statements are more subtle and are designed to test not only
your memory of Psalm 139 but also your ability to notice the psalm's precise
wording, progression of thought, and meaning.
As with the earlier levels,
this quiz covers all 24 verses of Psalm 139.
Read carefully—some
statements are deliberately tricky!
Instructions
1. Read
each statement slowly and carefully.
2. Decide
whether it is True or False.
3. Do
not check the answers until you have completed all 24 questions.
4. Each
question is based on a specific verse of Psalm 139.
5. The answers,
references, and explanations are provided after the quiz.
6. Bible
references are given without reproducing the verses.
Psalm 139 – Level 3 True or
False Quiz
1. True or False?
Psalm 139 begins with David
speaking about God's knowledge of him rather than beginning with a request for
God's help.
2. True or False?
David says that God knows
his sitting and rising but cannot discern his thoughts.
3. True or False?
David presents God as
knowing both his outward actions and his inward thoughts.
4. True or False?
David says that God knows
his words only after they have completely left his tongue.
5. True or False?
David describes God's
knowledge as surrounding him from behind and before.
6. True or False?
David responds to God's
knowledge by saying that it is too ordinary and easy for him to understand.
7. True or False?
David's question about
fleeing from God's Spirit implies that God's presence is limited to certain
locations.
8. True or False?
David includes both heaven
and the depths when describing places where God is present.
9. True or False?
David suggests that there is
a place on earth where God's hand cannot reach him.
10. True or False?
David's imagery of the wings
of the morning is connected with traveling to the farthest part of the sea.
11. True or False?
David says that even in a
distant place, God's hand would lead him and His right hand would hold him.
12. True or False?
David considers darkness a
possible hiding place from God but concludes that darkness cannot conceal him.
13. True or False?
David attributes his
formation in the womb entirely to chance.
14. True or False?
David connects God's
creation of him with his response of praise.
15. True or False?
David's statement about
being wonderfully made is presented as a reason to praise God.
16. True or False?
David says that God's eyes
did not see his unformed substance.
17. True or False?
David says that the days
ordained for him were written before those days existed.
18. True or False?
David describes God's
thoughts as both precious and beyond easy calculation.
19. True or False?
David uses the image of sand
to communicate that God's thoughts toward him are innumerable.
20. True or False?
David says that God's
thoughts disappear when he awakens.
21. True or False?
Near the end of the psalm,
David moves from reflecting on God's knowledge and presence to speaking about
wickedness and God's enemies.
22. True or False?
David asks God to overlook
the wicked because David does not want to become involved in their actions.
23. True or False?
David's final request
includes both an examination of his inner life and a request for God's
direction.
24. True or False?
Psalm 139 ends with David
asking God to lead him in a way that is everlasting.
Answers, References &
Explanations
1. True
Reference: Psalm 139:1
The psalm opens with David acknowledging God's searching and complete knowledge
of him.
2. False
Reference: Psalm 139:2
David says that God understands his thoughts as well as knowing his sitting and
rising.
3. True
Reference: Psalm 139:2–3
David describes God's knowledge of both his thoughts and his everyday ways.
4. False
Reference: Psalm 139:4
God knows David's words before they are spoken, emphasizing the completeness of
God's knowledge.
5. True
Reference: Psalm 139:5
David describes God's surrounding presence, with God before and behind him.
6. False
Reference: Psalm 139:6
David considers God's knowledge wonderful and too high for him to fully
comprehend.
7. False
Reference: Psalm 139:7–8
David's question emphasizes the opposite: there is nowhere he can go where
God's Spirit is absent.
8. True
Reference: Psalm 139:8
David mentions both the heights of heaven and the depths as places within God's
presence.
9. False
Reference: Psalm 139:9–10
Even at the farthest part of the sea, God's hand would lead and hold him.
10. True
Reference: Psalm 139:9
The imagery of taking the wings of the morning is associated with dwelling at
the farthest parts of the sea.
11. True
Reference: Psalm 139:10
David declares that God's hand would lead him and God's right hand would hold
him.
12. True
Reference: Psalm 139:11–12
David considers darkness as a possible covering but recognizes that darkness
cannot hide him from God.
13. False
Reference: Psalm 139:13
David explicitly attributes his formation to God.
14. True
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David responds to the wonder of God's work with praise.
15. True
Reference: Psalm 139:14
David's recognition that he is wonderfully made leads directly to his praise of
God.
16. False
Reference: Psalm 139:16
David says that God's eyes saw his unformed substance.
17. True
Reference: Psalm 139:16
David speaks of his days being written in God's book before they came to be.
18. True
Reference: Psalm 139:17–18
David describes God's thoughts as precious and extraordinarily numerous.
19. True
Reference: Psalm 139:18
The comparison with grains of sand illustrates the vast number of God's
thoughts.
20. False
Reference: Psalm 139:18
David says that when he awakens, he is still with God. The awareness of God's
presence continues.
21. True
Reference: Psalm 139:19–22
The psalm shifts from God's intimate knowledge and presence to David's strong
opposition to wickedness and God's enemies.
22. False
Reference: Psalm 139:19–22
David does not ask God to overlook wickedness. He expresses opposition toward
those who rise against God.
23. True
Reference: Psalm 139:23–24
David asks God to search and test him and then to lead him in the right way.
24. True
Reference: Psalm 139:24
The psalm concludes with David asking God to lead him in the everlasting way.
Short Reflection – Nothing
Hidden, Nothing Beyond His Reach
Psalm 139 takes us through a
remarkable journey.
At the beginning, David
considers God's knowledge: God knows his thoughts, words, movements, and
ways. Then David considers God's presence: there is nowhere he can go
where God is not present. Next, he reflects on God's creative work: God
formed him and knew him even before birth.
Finally, David turns the
truth inward.
Instead of merely saying, “God
knows me,” David asks God to search him.
That is where the psalm
becomes deeply personal. Knowing that God sees everything can make us
uncomfortable when we want to hide. But it can also become a source of freedom
when we surrender our hidden thoughts and weaknesses to Him.
David's final prayer teaches
us something important: God's searching is not meant merely to expose us—it
is meant to lead us.
We can therefore pray:
“Lord, You know me
completely. Search my heart, reveal what needs to change, and lead me in Your
everlasting way.”
Psalm 139 reminds us that we
are never unknown to God, never outside His reach, and never beyond His ability
to lead.
Short Call-to-Action
Did you successfully
complete all three levels of the Psalm 139 True or False Quiz?
Challenge a friend, family
member, Sunday school class, or Bible study group to take Level 3
without looking at the answers!
Then take some quiet time to
read Psalm 139 slowly and prayerfully. Ask yourself: “What does this
psalm teach me about how God knows me, sees me, and leads me?”
Keep studying Scripture,
keep growing in wisdom, and keep hiding God's Word in your heart! ❤️
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